TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maxfield,Michael G.
AU  - Babbie,Earl R.
TI  - Research methods for criminal justice and criminology
SN  - 0534516645
U1  - 364.072 22
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Belmont, CA
PB  - Wadsworth Pub.
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Criminology
N1  - CONTENT

Part One: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE INQUIRY. 
Chapter 1. Crime, Criminal Justice, and Scientific Inquiry. 

Chapter 2. Theory and Criminal Justice Research. 

Chapter 3. Causation and Validity. 

Part Two: STRUCTURING CRIMINAL JUSTICE INQUIRY.
Chapter 4. General Issues in Research Design. 

Chapter 5. Concepts, Operationalization, and Measurement. 

Chapter 6. Measuring Crime. 

Chapter 7. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs. 

. Ethics and Criminal Justice Research. 

Part Three: MODES OF OBSERVATION. 
Chapter 9. Overview of Data Collections and Sampling. 

Chapter 10. Survey Research and Other Ways of Asking Questions
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Chapter 11. Field Research. 

Chapter 12. Agency Records, Content Analysis, and Secondary Data. 

Part Four: APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS. 
Chapter 13. Evaluation Research and Policy Analysis. 

Chapter 14. Interpreting Data.
; Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-441) and index
ER  -